After the suspension bridge, we spent some more time with Greg. He took us to Spanish Beach where his friends were doing a barbecue. DJ and I pumped up the inflatable kayak and we paddled around in the bay. It got dark, and the kids were pooped, so we ate some frozen burgers I had in the RV fridge and called it a night.
The next day we started back for the US. The border crossing went fine even though I only had half our passports. We skipped Seattle and instead chose to stop in Rochester, Washington to spend the night. I saw a sign for a casino with RV parking. On the way to the casino, as we entered Indian land, we saw about 40 fireworks stands and people were lighting them off already.
The boys had been bugging me to buy fireworks. They bought some at the Columbia River stop on the way up and I let them light off three each in the fire pit on the river. They wanted more now that they saw the stands with the real fireworks. I asked around and it turns out that on Indian land anything goes. That's why they can sell and light off real fireworks whenever they want. In fact, that night, there was going to be a fireworks show at the Indian city center and all the attendees would be lighting off their own fireworks. I heard it can get crazy.
Against my better judgment, I pulled into the Indian city center area in my RV and the kids could already see people lighting off fireworks everywhere even though it wasn't dusk yet. The kids started getting excited. I poured a drink and went on the roof of the RV where I could watch all three of kids at once. I met a woman who comes there every year with her kids. She said it gets crazy but that's what makes it great. DJ and I met another group in the same parking lot who also come every year. He opened the back of his Scion and showed me what he says is $4,000 of fireworks.
DJ made a Youtube of some of the show on the ground. It did get crazy, but no one was hurt. DJ used the RV's fire extinguisher to put out a brush fire. Some of the people were doing stupid things, but it wasn't too bad.
Riley and Holden got to be part of the action once it calmed down a bit.
The next we drove all the way to Crescent City, California to see our friend and former housemate, Arielle. Unfortunely, she works graveyards at Home Depot so we spent the night in the Home Depot parking lot. I'm getting used to saving money on RV parks and just sleeping wherever we want. In the morning, Arielle took us to her favorite beach in Crescent City to see the tide pools, driftwood and baby jellyfish. Holden headed straight for the water, of course.
We drove all the way from Crescent City to Brea after that. We arrived Sunday, slept for a bit, and unloaded the RV.
The trip ended up being a great success and a trip we will all remember forever.
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